Genome-editing specialist Precision BioSciences says Baxalta Inc.'s increasing commitment to, and expertise in, immuno-oncology made it the obvious choice for the Duke University spinout to partner with on developing a broad series of allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies directed against multiple cancers.
Genome-editing specialist Precision BioSciences says Baxalta Inc.'s increasing commitment to, and expertise in, immuno-oncology made it the obvious choice for the Duke University spinout to partner with on developing a broad series of allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies directed against multiple cancers.
Baxalta and Precision earlier this month inked a collaboration – worth up to $1.7bn – which will use Precision's ARCUS...
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CEO Ben Zeskind said all options are on the table after atebimetinib showed impressive results in pancreatic cancer.
